

Chronicles of a Procrastinating Novelist Volume 20: Voluntary Suspension
A year has passed and my attempts to be more faithful with the blog, while not perfectly successful, faired far better than the year...


Chronicles of a Procrastinating Novelist Volume 19: Writing Day Types - The Bait and Switch
It all started so well. When writing time came, I ignored the mental rolodex of ten thousand other things I could do instead (laundry,...


Chronicles of a Procrastinating Novelist Volume 18: On Merits and Drawbacks of #NaNoWriMo
It’s November, and to the glut of aspiring novelists in the universe, that means National Novel Writing Month is upon us. It’s the dragon...


Chronicles of a Procrastinating Novelist Volume 16: Writing Day Types - The Slog
Today was a day on which the words flowed like glue from a twenty year old Elmer's bottle. All the desire and time were there. Hell, even...


Chronicles of a Procrastinating Novelist Volume 13: Follow up Piece to "Musings on Guilt and th
When you go to follow up a depress fest post with an "I'm better!" post and your ideal peer reviewer goes, "Erm...I wouldn't believe...


Chronicles of a Procrastinating Novelist Volume 9: Realities of Reaching the Fit-Fat Stage of Succes
1. Knowing intimately the frustration of possessing both visibly toned biceps and a floppy gut pooch. 2. Realizing that while muscle...


Chronicles of a Procrastinating Novelist Volume 4: In Which I Explain my Research Process Using Stre
Common practice for Historical Fiction Writers is to research exhaustively the time period in which their novel is set. The timeframe in...


Chronicles of a Procrastinating Novelist Volume 3: 20 Thoughts Upon Viewing my Photo Shoot for New A
*Thanks to Dawn Orr, Donna Wilson, and Gina Aldrich for dressing me up, taking the pics, making me smile and feel pretty. And thank you...